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Please help i think i bricked my phone

Im wondering if someone can help me. I recently rooted my phone with odin and was adding a rom. I guess it didn't download completely or correctly when I tried to install it and said it fail. I accidentally rebooted my phone. I don't have a backup on my phone to restore it. I do have a backup on my computer but cant get it onto my phone. Now my phone gets stuck on the Samsung galaxy s4 screen, and will not boot the rest of the way. I can get to the download screen. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Easiest way is to download the full rom .tar file and flash with odin. pretty sure they are posted in the dev section.

lafester said:
Easiest way is to download the full rom .tar file and flash with odin. pretty sure they are posted in the dev section.
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I have tried that and it still wont boot past that Samsung screen. I got TWRP back now im just trying to figure out how to get this system restored to where it will load.

Tiger429 said:
I have tried that and it still wont boot past that Samsung screen. I got TWRP back now im just trying to figure out how to get this system restored to where it will load.
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One you odin, you have to do a factory reset on stock recovery and whoola you booted up.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
One you odin, you have to do a factory reset on stock recovery and whoola you booted up.
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i will try that i am downloading a stock rom now. i will install on odin. then i boot it into recovery and there is a factory reset option on there?

Tiger429 said:
i will try that i am downloading a stock rom now. i will install on odin. then i boot it into recovery and there is a factory reset option on there?
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Yeah there is once you odin. Just boot up to stock recovery and do a factory reset.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Yeah there is once you odin. Just boot up to stock recovery and do a factory reset.
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Cool thank you i will let you know what happens. :fingers-crossed:

Tiger429 said:
Cool thank you i will let you know what happens. :fingers-crossed:
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So any news? Lol o.o
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Rooted, now what?

I have rooted my ATT g2 and am now wondering which recovery to use. Do twrp and cwm both work with my g2?
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I prefer TWRP, but i think you should just try it. Every has his own benefits and disadvantages.
Andi

andi2398 said:
I prefer TWRP, but i think you should just try it. Every has his own benefits and disadvantages.
Andi
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The reason I ask is because I just came from my s4, and after the MF3 update debacle we were unable to use cwm. I am used to cwm, but I think I'll give twrp a try as long as it works!
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Hi,
i came from the S2 and got the G2 since saturday. I read here and in a german forum that die CWM is a little bit buggy, so is used TWRP. It´s faster und got some more options.
Andi

jellybear456 said:
The reason I ask is because I just came from my s4, and after the MF3 update debacle we were unable to use cwm. I am used to cwm, but I think I'll give twrp a try as long as it works!
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Thanks for your input andi. I will give it a try!
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Even though you are rooted, make sure you have the latest SuperSU and Busybox installed and working. I found that when I initially rooted my LG G2, all apps had root access by default and without prompting, which is a major security issue.
Cheers!

Rayan said:
Even though you are rooted, make sure you have the latest SuperSU and Busybox installed and working. I found that when I initially rooted my LG G2, all apps had root access by default and without prompting, which is a major security issue.
Cheers!
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I had no idea. That's a major issue. Thanks for the heads up!
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I've installed TWRP and until now I've no problems with TWRP Recovery. Before my G2 I allways used CWM or 4ext but TWRP seems to be very nice :good:
regards

MaGnOlia88 said:
I've installed TWRP and until now I've no problems with TWRP Recovery. Before my G2 I allways used CWM or 4ext but TWRP seems to be very nice :good:
regards
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Thank you for the input! Should i install TWRP via goomanager from the play store, or push it with adb through cmd?(I've seen this alot when searching)

jellybear456 said:
Thank you for the input! Should i install TWRP via goomanager from the play store, or push it with adb through cmd?(I've seen this alot when searching)
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im using cwm touch, personally always seem to have issues with twrp on previous phones.
i put mine on with flashify from the market as suggested in the recovery post i used.

bweN diorD said:
im using cwm touch, personally always seem to have issues with twrp on previous phones.
i put mine on with flashify from the market as suggested in the recovery post i used.
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I am not sure how to do that. Are you able to give me the steps or a link on how to do so?

jellybear456 said:
I am not sure how to do that. Are you able to give me the steps or a link on how to do so?
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get this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=en
its almost self explanatory really. just look at it and i think you will be fine.

bweN diorD said:
get this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=en
its almost self explanatory really. just look at it and i think you will be fine.
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Thank you!
-Jelly

bweN diorD said:
get this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=en
its almost self explanatory really. just look at it and i think you will be fine.
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Sorry, first LG, never rooted/ROMed anything but a samsung galaxy! Where did you find the package to flash one you click "Recovery Image" under flash?

bweN diorD said:
get this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=en
its almost self explanatory really. just look at it and i think you will be fine.
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Hey i tried this, and downloaded the latest from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager, but after I rebooted all i got was a grey screen. There has to be a way for this to work. I have tried a couple of different things. I tried rom manager, goo manager, and now flashify....nothing seems to work
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Hey i tried this, and downloaded the latest from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager, but after I rebooted all i got was a grey screen. There has to be a way for this to work. I have tried a couple of different things. I tried rom manager, goo manager, and now flashify....nothing seems to work
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Found the issue, the recovery images must be Loki-enabled(whatever that means, sorry new here just came from the gnex), here is a link to the thread that makes the loki-enabled images available. I used flashify and hte touch enalbed loki.img file... worked no problem...thanks!!!

smartadmin said:
Hey i tried this, and downloaded the latest from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager, but after I rebooted all i got was a grey screen. There has to be a way for this to work. I have tried a couple of different things. I tried rom manager, goo manager, and now flashify....nothing seems to work
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Found the issue, the recovery images must be Loki-enabled(whatever that means, sorry new here just came from the gnex), here is a link to the thread that makes the loki-enabled images available. I used flashify and hte touch enalbed loki.img file... worked no problem...thanks!!!
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Can you explain to me exactly what you did? i downloaded the .img from here and flashed with flashify. It then told me to reboot now and it went to a black screen saying "Fastboot started" and did not move. I had to hold in the power button to reboot my device. What did you do that worked? I have the ATT G2.

jellybear456 said:
Can you explain to me exactly what you did? i downloaded the .img from here and flashed with flashify. It then told me to reboot now and it went to a black screen saying "Fastboot started" and did not move. I had to hold in the power button to reboot my device. What did you do that worked? I have the ATT G2.
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I would love to know also
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jellybear456 said:
Can you explain to me exactly what you did? i downloaded the .img from here and flashed with flashify. It then told me to reboot now and it went to a black screen saying "Fastboot started" and did not move. I had to hold in the power button to reboot my device. What did you do that worked? I have the ATT G2.
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Thats pretty much what I did, previously i had tried to flash a bunch of other img's but they were not loki-enabled. I just downloaded the same file as you and used flashify.
I opened flashify > clicked recovery image > used flashify explorer > located the recovery.img file > clicked yes to the prompt > then rebooted.....boom done.
I am using a VZW G2...it had the latest stock build....running CM 10.2 m1 now

Rayan said:
Even though you are rooted, make sure you have the latest SuperSU and Busybox installed and working. I found that when I initially rooted my LG G2, all apps had root access by default and without prompting, which is a major security issue.
Cheers!
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Thanks for that! I had Superuser installed and it never prompted. SuperSU does though.

smartadmin said:
Thats pretty much what I did, previously i had tried to flash a bunch of other img's but they were not loki-enabled. I just downloaded the same file as you and used flashify.
I opened flashify > clicked recovery image > used flashify explorer > located the recovery.img file > clicked yes to the prompt > then rebooted.....boom done.
I am using a VZW G2...it had the latest stock build....running CM 10.2 m1 now
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Once I rebooted the screen stayed black and I had to hold the power button down to get it to boot up..should I try to reboot into recovery now? Or attempt a ref-lash?
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I messed up

I rooted my lg g2 just fine, installed flashify, then tried to install cm 11 with it (i did not flash a cwm or twrp personally) with cwm on flashify now it's stuck in a bootloop with the bricked android logo (android on its side with red triangle). This is my brother's phone, I messed up. Can his device be saved or should i just surrender my smartphone over to him. (this isn't behind his back he's right here). He just got this phone on monday. I shouldn't have even tried to root it. thank you

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
This method must save you my friend...

But I can't get to any recovery mode because I didn't install one. This will work regardless?
Thank you

bobberserker said:
But I can't get to any recovery mode because I didn't install one. This will work regardless?
Thank you
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THe method works through the download mode, not recovery mode. So you should be able to save your phone. Just make sure you follow the steps carefully.

bobberserker said:
But I can't get to any recovery mode because I didn't install one. This will work regardless?
Thank you
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First rule of android, Always install a recovery then backup. The link he gave should fix you. Also do not use stuff like flashify. Use adb it is much safer. Especially since we have to have loki to flash stuff.

Thank you all so much for the help. I will follow that guide tomorrow after school. I was about to give up hope. I'll post updates

You should be fine. It's not that easy to brick this phone.
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You'll be fine as long as you follow that post. I've used it several times (mainly just for fun and a fresh start) and it's never given me any issues going back to stock.

Should I use the method posted above our should I use this guide that was linked in the thread above ( I can't figure out how to paste the link on my moto x right now I'll do it when I can get to my computerized). The guide in referring to is in hyelton's op below the guide for the attached version

Use the link provided the second post of this thread. And make sure you download the correct rom/firmware for your device. And follow the instructions. You should be fine
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Can't you manually flash a custom recovery from bootloader?
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player911 said:
Can't you manually flash a custom recovery from bootloader?
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that sounds great but I'd need an explicit guide or i would be lost haha

should i use the kdz or tot method? no clue what that means but when i download the rom it asks which one i want. also i cannot download any of them, anyone have a mirror that works?

bobberserker said:
should i use the kdz or tot method? no clue what that means but when i download the rom it asks which one i want. also i cannot download any of them, anyone have a mirror that works?
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I'm now using this method because the other guide's download does not work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960

bobberserker said:
I'm now using this method because the other guide's download does not work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960
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This methods for Verizon and also works for sprint...but could work for others.....

RubbleTea said:
This methods for Verizon and also works for sprint...but could work for others.....
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I'm using it on a Verizon g2. After I download the tot file, is there a way I can check that it didn't get corrupted during download?

bobberserker said:
I'm using it on a Verizon g2. After I download the tot file, is there a way I can check that it didn't get corrupted during download?
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If it downloaded 100% you should be good just make sure if all goes well after you boot to power down and boot into recovery and reset and your good to go!

bobberserker said:
I'm using it on a Verizon g2. After I download the tot file, is there a way I can check that it didn't get corrupted during download?
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Check the MD5 number
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RubbleTea said:
If it downloaded 100% you should be good just make sure if all goes well after you boot to power down and boot into recovery and reset and your good to go!
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I don't have a recovery installed. Is there a way around this?

RubbleTea said:
If it downloaded 100% you should be good just make sure if all goes well after you boot to power down and boot into recovery and reset and your good to go!
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I do not have a recovery installed, that's the whole dilemma right now

[Q] Help Bricked LG G2 D801

My phone was great until I tried flashing the hellfire ROM. It told me that it couldnt flash bc it was D801 and not G2. Idk what it meant bc all other D801 ROMS flashed successfully. Anyway I tried to factory reset after that and it says it cant mount data or something like that. Now I only get the LG screen. When I try to go into download mode to flash the correct kdz file in flash tool to reset the entire thing back to stock it stays on the screen that says download mode and has the blue dots. And when I try to run the program through windows and the flash tool it tells me that the phone isn't connected to the PC. Can anybody please help me? Oh and I have TWRP recovery installed but all my backups are gone all of a sudden,.I can't do anything with this phone....!!! Thanks to anyone who can help.

jcal321 said:
My phone was great until I tried flashing the hellfire ROM. It told me that it couldnt flash bc it was D801 and not G2. Idk what it meant bc all other D801 ROMS flashed successfully. Anyway I tried to factory reset after that and it says it cant mount data or something like that. Now I only get the LG screen. When I try to go into download mode to flash the correct kdz file in flash tool to reset the entire thing back to stock it stays on the screen that says download mode and has the blue dots. And when I try to run the program through windows and the flash tool it tells me that the phone isn't connected to the PC. Can anybody please help me? Oh and I have TWRP recovery installed but all my backups are gone all of a sudden,.I can't do anything with this phone....!!! Thanks to anyone who can help.
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Of you search up stock ROM for the lg g2 you should find something that has d801 stock firmware you would see d8010c or something like that find it and read up on it.
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wahid536 said:
Of you search up stock ROM for the lg g2 you should find something that has d801 stock firmware you would see d8010c or something like that find it and read up on it.
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I have the kdz file I need but my PC won't recognize my phone

jcal321 said:
I have the kdz file I need but my PC won't recognize my phone
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Are you able to get into recovery at least?
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wahid536 said:
Are you able to get into recovery at least?
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Yes I am able to get into recovery but all my backups are gone and I don't know why . I have TWRP if that helps

Install koush adb drivers and then reconnect your phone and you should be good google for koush adb drivers
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lingarajug said:
Install koush adb drivers and then reconnect your phone and you should be good google for koush adb drivers
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Ok I am installing them now. Should I try to connect in download mode and then use the flash tool? Or do I need to go in another direction?

jcal321 said:
Ok I am installing them now. Should I try to connect in download mode and then use the flash tool? Or do I need to go in another direction?
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Didn't work still won't recognize my phone

jcal321 said:
Didn't work still won't recognize my phone
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Not sure if this will help or if you read this or not but this is a link about the adb situation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448699
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Didn't work still won't recognize my phone
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This one says something about adb and drivers,
http://g2-lg.com/download-lg-g2-android-usb-drivers-ver-3-10/
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If your using windows make sure you run terminal from with ABD shell folder or it won't give you the ABD commnads.

Same problem
I have exactly the same problem please help!!!

someone help please, me too have the same issue please.

Just boot into twrp and select install zip from sideload. Connect the phone to pc. Go to your adb folder and type
adb sideload .zip*(for example:adb sideload update.zip)
Be patient, you got to wait until adb has copied your zip to the phone. Then the actual flashing will start. So leave the phone untouched for like 15minutes and wait till it's done.
This way you can flash the phone in a working state and then kdz again.
Don't forget to wipe all before flashing and factory reset afterwards.
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D802 stuck in recovery in a weird way

Hi guys, I made a mess today. I decided to restore my stock LG software backup and everything went well. Then there were some LG updates and when they downloaded, I chose to install them. That took me to TWRP. I figured it needs the stock recovery to install the updates so I gave up on the updates and tried to reboot my device. It booted back to TWRP. I found it a bit weird, but I didn't care since I had a backup on the phone. I wiped data, cache, system and dalvik and restored the backup. Guess what, the phone would still only boot into recovery. I started freaking out so I wiped everything except internal again and flashed an AOSP based rom along with the gapps. Still wouldn't boot except recovery. Then I started to freak out even more and decided to wipe EVERYTHING, along with Internal storage. And here I am now, wiped every single thing on the device, stuck in recovery and can't connect my phone to the PC with usb. just a few minutes before I have to leave home. Any ideas on how to fix this? It was just some pointless LG update and it caused such a mess... ADB sideload won't work for me, I'm gonna attempt to find some drivers or something.

Anybody?
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Evetything you need its allready posted. Just search
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darkobas said:
Evetything you need its allready posted. Just search
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Dude, I've done my research and tried to fix it myself. The phone won't go into download mode and it won't connect to my PC. Drivers installed, LG tool installed. I just don't know what to do and I need help from someone who does know.

ViktorN said:
Dude, I've done my research and tried to fix it myself. The phone won't go into download mode and it won't connect to my PC. Drivers installed, LG tool installed. I just don't know what to do and I need help from someone who does know.
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If you have twrp 2.6.3.4 you sideload rom but this may not help you.
You are going to have to go back to 100%stock.
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mchlbenner said:
If you have twrp 2.6.3.4 you sideload rom but this may not help you.
You are going to have to go back to 100%stock.
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Sideloading won't work for me either.
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In TWRP you have USB-OTG. If you have this cable you can install ROM from USB-flash)

I had the same issue. Only way to fix it was with the LG flashing tool. Make sure the usb port you are using on your computer is working and the cable isn't broken. I just followed the steps from this thread and it worked 100% for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476